Managing Covid fatigue

[KayLR]

As mentioned, having spring and summer has been a help. I have put in lots of stone paths, perennial plants and now watching tomatoes ripen. Also having a beautiful park down the street to walk around when I need to escape the house. Staring at the beautiful mountains and skies every time I go outside. Watching the geese fly over in formation every day at 7am and 4pm. I remind myself that although this has been a horribly upsetting event, historically it will be a blip in time. It will pass and other good and bad things will happen in the future. I neglected all rules when I visited DD and my grand-twins a month ago. I hugged them all tightly when we said goodby not knowing when we might meet again. Yesterday, I finally met with my book club friends outside and that was a happy event. Oh and since I don't go to thrift stores anymore, I order some brand new bright colored T-shirts. Little things we took for granted once...that is how I live my days now until this passes.

Nice post, PT

[Teacher Terry]

Vacations are really missed. Especially our Europe trip this summer that didn’t happen. We love some groups we belong to, having parties, festivals, etc. We have resumed seeing some of our friends but not in groups.

[iris lilies]

I don’t mind Covert lockdown, really when it comes right down to it. But I’m getting to be incredibly lazy. I’ve had two or three major projects I could’ve done in the past six months I have not done them.

i’m not meeting deadlines for stuff. This morning I missed a Zoom meeting about a garden club event. I was half hour late because I forgot about it. What was worse is — I don’t even care.


Many months ago I had volunteered to be the registrar for a major conference coming to our area next year. I didn’t follow up with anyone in recent weeks because I don’t really care what’s going on with conference planning, and not surprisingly, the organizers forgot that I volunteered to do this job. So I think they found somebody else. And it’s OK, I don’t care.

Someone at National Garden Club is leaving me out of key communications about a job I’m supposed to be doing. Normally that would irritate me, I would let them know I need to be informed with these emails, and I would make sure that I am in the chain of communication. But now I don’t care, it’s not important to me.

I’m becoming such a slug! I don’t know if I can ever go back to the busyness of previous time.

[flowerseverywhere]

I avoid the news, just checking in once a day to read headlines. I was getting so upset and worn out about negativity and meanness.
Priorities are changing and when this is all over certain things will seem insignificant. Others will be more important. After the first few months I started really exercising more than I ever have. I walk early as the sun is rising and ride my bike a lot. I do videos of aerobics and line dancing and am happy as a clam. Reading and sewing a lot. DH loves to play games and do puzzles so we do that together. Obligations have gradually drifted away. I do take special care to keep in close contact with friends. We do a Zoom book club and almost everyone participates. We are old friends and we talk for two hours. My siblings keep in close contact. We cook nice meals and eat leisurely. So many people are struggling I look around and realize we are so lucky. My heart breaks for people who have experienced sickness and loss of loved ones. For those that lost their jobs. It is so horrible for so many good People who only want to work and support their families. Their financial setbacks will be felt for many years to come.
All in all we have faired well. But DH and I agreed we should add a year for every month we’ve been in shutdown together to our anniversary next week. Actually we were kidding. We’ve done pretty good trying not to annoy each other during the ups and downs.

[Yppej]

IL I too feel lazy, and hope I can get back to my normal pace at home and work later. In my case the high heat and humidity as well as covid are factors.

[happystuff]

I avoid the news, just checking in once a day to read headlines. I was getting so upset and worn out about negativity and meanness.
Priorities are changing and when this is all over certain things will seem insignificant. Others will be more important. After the first few months I started really exercising more than I ever have. I walk early as the sun is rising and ride my bike a lot. I do videos of aerobics and line dancing and am happy as a clam. Reading and sewing a lot. DH loves to play games and do puzzles so we do that together. Obligations have gradually drifted away. I do take special care to keep in close contact with friends. We do a Zoom book club and almost everyone participates. We are old friends and we talk for two hours. My siblings keep in close contact. We cook nice meals and eat leisurely. So many people are struggling I look around and realize we are so lucky. My heart breaks for people who have experienced sickness and loss of loved ones. For those that lost their jobs. It is so horrible for so many good People who only want to work and support their families. Their financial setbacks will be felt for many years to come.
All in all we have faired well. But DH and I agreed we should add a year for every month we’ve been in shutdown together to our anniversary next week. Actually we were kidding. We’ve done pretty good trying not to annoy each other during the ups and downs.

Very refreshing to read - congrats to you both! I am the same with the news... keep it limited. But then, I have a dh who follows every details and often i insists on sharing. lol.

[nswef]

Iris Lilies, I think much the same way you do. All the busy-ness just doesn't matter. I know you are working on the Herman house and gardens, so you aren't a slug, just doing ONLY what you want to do! That's where I am now. And I remember you were taking very good care of your teeth...me too.

[SteveinMN]

I don’t mind Covert lockdown, really when it comes right down to it. But I’m getting to be incredibly lazy. I’ve had two or three major projects I could’ve done in the past six months I have not done them.

That's me. In my defense, I've had a couple of burning fires I needed to attend to, so I haven't spent all my time playing computer games (tempting as that is some days). But I know I could have taken on some longstanding projects and I just ... haven't. I'm largely OK with it. I suspect there will be a fair amount of time this winter to take them on.

[pinkytoe]

I find the most tiring thing about present conditions is the feeling of stuck-ness. I am not wired to be lazy . DH has become an internet junkie and that bothers me. So many things I/we had planned feel like they are in terminal stasis - selling a house, relocating, trips, projects etc. We who have adequate funds and a roof over our head have no reason to complain though when so many are suffering. Interestingly, the other day our one and only clock just randomly fell off the wall and broke. Wonder what that means??

[iris lilies]

Here is what really worries me about busyness that will kick in after this lockdown is over: there’s so many demands for the year 2020 events that were canceled. What I am seeing is all my groups are planning the same national conferences for 2021 plus there were already two big events on the calendar for 2021. How the hell am I supposed to do two years worth of stuff in one year? Ugh. Plus if things go as I want to go that would be a time that we are moving to Hermann. However – that whole move thing can be easily done on my own schedule.